Character

HSK	4
FREQUENCY	344th character
RADICAL	⼅ (6.5)
STROKES	6
INDEX #	508
TRADITIONAL	爭

争 zhēng

dispute, fight, contend, strive

HSK 4 #344

DEFINITIONS

dispute, fight, contend, strive
to strive for
to vie for
to argue or debate
deficient or lacking (dialect)
how or what (literary)

STROKES

WORDS

竞争 jìng zhēng HSK 4	to compete; competition
战争 zhàn zhēng HSK 5	war; conflict; CL:場\|场[chang2],次[ci4]
争取 zhēng qǔ HSK 5	to fight for; to strive for; to win over
争论 zhēng lùn HSK 5	to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場\|场[chang3]
斗争 dòu zhēng HSK 6	a struggle; fight; battle
争夺 zhēng duó HSK 6	to fight over; to contest; to vie over
争议 zhēng yì HSK 6	controversy; dispute; to dispute
争端 zhēng duān HSK 6	dispute; controversy; conflict
争气 zhēng qì HSK 6	to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
力争 lì zhēng HSK 6	to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
争先恐后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu HSK 6	striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
争霸 zhēng bà	to contend for hegemony; a power struggle
争吵 zhēng chǎo	to quarrel; dispute
争执 zhēng zhí	to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
抗争 kàng zhēng	to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
争斗 zhēng dòu	struggle; war
争辩 zhēng biàn	a dispute; to wrangle
竞争力 jìng zhēng lì	competitive strength; competitiveness
竞争者 jìng zhēng zhě	competitor
纷争 fēn zhēng	to dispute
争议性 zhēng yì xìng	controversial
争夺战 zhēng duó zhàn	struggle
争分夺秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo	lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng	seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose; every moment counts
据理力争 jù lǐ lì zhēng	to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right

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